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ITF Inspectors Follow Up Baltic Ace Loss
Friday, 7 December 2012, 2:17 pm | ITF Press Officer
The ITF has expressed its extreme concern and sympathy following the sinking of the Bahamas-flagged Baltic Ace in the North Sea, which has resulted in five confirmed deaths with more still missing. The vessel sank following its collision with the ... More >>
Mohamed Chamchati Freed: ITF Comment
Friday, 30 November 2012, 12:12 pm | ITF Press Officer
Mohamed Chamchati, the unjustly detained general secretary of the Moroccan merchant seafarers’ union, has been released. Like his colleague Said Elhairech, who was freed in October, Chamchati had been arrested in June on clearly mistaken charges ... More >>
ITF Comment: Port Of Los Angeles Strike
Thursday, 29 November 2012, 2:10 pm | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today reacted angrily to reports that trade union representatives’ phone calls had been bugged by their employers at the port of Los Angeles, USA. The Office Clerical Unit of Local 63 of ... More >>
ITF Comment On Cargolux Qatar Airways Withdrawal Victory
Tuesday, 20 November 2012, 9:44 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) today applauded the victory by its member union, the OGBL (Onofhängege Gewerkschaftsbond Lëtzebuerg) in helping secure the withdrawal of Qatar Airways as a part owner of Luxembourg’s Cargolux ... More >>
ITF Ready To Defend MUNZ Worldwide
Tuesday, 13 November 2012, 8:33 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF continues to maintain its close watch on the situation in the port of Auckland, where earlier this year the Maritime Union of New Zealand (MUNZ), backed by the ITF and its global member unions, successfully resisted management plans to steamroller ... More >>
Union Victory Over Turkish No Strike Law
Friday, 26 October 2012, 3:24 pm | ITF Press Officer
Turkey’s government has withdrawn a controversial ban on strikes in civil aviation in the face of determined national and international protests. More >>
Said Elhairech freed: ITF comment
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 10:38 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF is pleased to report that all the serious charges against imprisoned Moroccan trade unionist Said Elhairech have been dismissed and he is now free with his innocence proven. Only one minor charge against him remains on the books. He is now at home ... More >>
ITF Launches HIV/AIDS in Aviation Resource
Wednesday, 3 October 2012, 9:50 am | ITF Press Officer
Global union the ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) will launch a new resource pack for tackling the issue of HIV/AIDS in the world’s civil aviation industry tomorrow. The pack will be unveiled to representatives of worldwide aviation ... More >>
Maritime Roundtable Begins Tomorrow In Morocco
Tuesday, 25 September 2012, 9:26 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF is holding a major new style of event in Casablanca, Morocco tomorrow that will bring together – and give a voice to – a new generation of seafarer and docker grassroots activists. Called the Maritime Roundtable (MRT), it runs from 25 ... More >>
Youth Conference Builds Union Power For Future
Thursday, 20 September 2012, 10:50 am | ITF Press Officer
A special ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) conference exclusively for young transport workers is expected to close later today in Montreal, Canada, with plans for union action on the economy, environment, precarious (insecure, part ... More >>
ITF Protests At Bail Refusal
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 9:04 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) has reacted angrily to the refusal today of the court in Rabat, Morocco, to grant bail to union leader Said Elhairech, who has been held in jail for over two months on what it describes as ... More >>
ITF Calls For Full Cadet Death Investigation
Tuesday, 11 September 2012, 8:59 am | ITF Press Officer
The ITF (International Transport Workers’ Federation) is calling for the Panamanian and Mexican authorities to reveal the results of their investigations into the death of the young engineering cadet Dayra Wood Pino (age 22) aboard the Panamanian flagged ... More >>
Said Elhairech Update
Thursday, 30 August 2012, 9:18 am | ITF Press Officer
Moroccan union leader Said Elhairech asserted his innocence yesterday in a five hourhearing before an investigating judge in Rabat. He also made an initial application for bail. A second bail request is scheduled for Thursday 30 August. Said Elhairech, who is ... More >>
DHL Turkey: Global support for sacked workers
Monday, 27 August 2012, 3:27 pm | ITF Press Officer
Workers sacked by DHL Turkey who believe the dismissals were linked to their trying to organise a union will see further evidence of worldwide support for their plight when representatives of two global unions visit their picket lines this week. More >>
Employers & Unions Welcome ILO Maritime Labour Convention
Tuesday, 21 August 2012, 8:58 am | ITF Press Officer
Ref: 1282 Employers And Unions Welcome Entry Into Force Of ILO Maritime Labour Convention In Just 12 Months’ Time More >>
Breathing Space For Puerto Quetzal Union Welcomed
Tuesday, 14 August 2012, 11:47 am | ITF Press Officer
News that the military has withdrawn from Puerto Quetzal port in Guatemala and that privatisation plans have been temporarily put on hold as a result of an agreement between the government and the port workers’ union STEPQ (Sindicato de Trabajadores ... More >>
Man Utd, FC Barcelona Urged to Raise Sacked Worker Plight
Thursday, 9 August 2012, 11:30 am | ITF Press Officer
Manchester United and FC Barcelona Urged To Raise Plight Of 305 Workers Sacked By Sponsor Turkish Airlines More >>
Turkish Airlines Chairman Urged Step In Over 305 Sackings
Tuesday, 7 August 2012, 10:56 am | ITF Press Officer
In a strongly worded letter today (6 August) ITF general secretary David Cockroft urged Hamdi Topçu, Turkish Airlines’ Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee, to take personal responsibility for opening talks to try and ... More >>
ITF Steps Up Pressure: Release Imprisoned Moroccan Unionist
Friday, 27 July 2012, 8:23 am | ITF Press Officer
An ITF delegation is in Morocco to step up pressure on the Moroccan government to release from prison trade union leader Said Elhairech. More >>
ITF: Patrick Layoff Plan ‘Will Be Defeated’
Thursday, 19 July 2012, 12:29 pm | ITF Press Officer
Responding to today’s MUA warning that Australian port operator Patrick is planning to cut the workforce at Port Botany in half – just months after successful negotiations appeared to signal that all was well as the port – ITF general secretary David ... More >>
